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‘These other modifications include using different engines, not fitting the complete BDD armor arrays, and the application of the initial version of Kontakt ERA.’

‘Military forces conducting operations must anticipate encountering an array of friendly, hostile, and neutral persons within the three blocks.’

‘Gone is the need for massed arrays of troops in static positions waiting to confront a Soviet attack in Western Europe as during the Cold War years.’

2.2Mathematics An arrangement of quantities or symbols in rows and columns; a matrix.

‘Equivalently, physicists can represent a given quantum system by a matrix - a square array of whole numbers.’

‘A matrix is a rectangular array of symbols, usually numbers, neatly arranged in columns and rows.’

‘He describes matrix multiplication (which he thinks of as composition so he has not yet reached the concept of matrix algebra) and the inverse of a matrix in the particular context of the arrays of coefficients of quadratic forms.’

‘At each step of the algorithm, one should rescale constructed arrays to prevent numerical underflow.’

‘So, for N = 5, there would be 125 numbers in the array and the sum of each row, column, and diagonal would be 315.’

2.3Computing An indexed set of related elements.

‘A SAN is composed of servers or workstations and storage devices such as disk arrays or tape subsystems that are connected by a network infrastructure.’

‘The movement of data directly from disk arrays to and from automated libraries across a dedicated network for backup and recovery applications is highly desirable.’

‘The solutions in the patch are processed utilizing a unique nanotechnology that puts the materials into an organic array or matrix.’

‘The new sensor allows the user to communicate with each sensor element of the array by computer.’

‘Wolfram first formulated these ideas in studies of cellular automata - geometric arrays of minimalist computing elements, called cells.’

3literary Elaborate or beautiful clothing.

‘he was clothed in fine array’

‘Behind these were many ranks of pixies, gnomes and nymphs, and in the rear a thousand beautiful fairies floated along in gorgeous array.’

‘Before the swearing of any of the jurors, 15 the defendant or prosecutor in England and Ireland could challenge the array of jurors compiled by the sheriff.’

‘The randomness is concerned with the selection of the members of the public for the panel, the selection of the array.’

‘A Trib investigation of the last 18 months of jury arrays, the complete lists of everyone summoned for criminal jury duty, found a consistent pattern of racial exclusion.’

verb

[with object]

1Display or arrange (things) in a particular way.

‘the forces arrayed against him’

‘arrayed across the table was a buffet’

‘These, together with the corporate-controlled media, are the forces arrayed against the striking workers.’

‘The majority of security forces were arrayed at the four gates covering access points to Camp Hunte.’

‘Even if some prisoners had seized their guards' weapons, as US officials and the media claim, they did not have the manpower or ammunition to hold out against the tanks, jets and the superior ground forces arrayed against them.’

‘Good ideas and shared impulses can generate ‘soft power’ of their own, even when arrayed against the forces of empire.’

‘The more powerful the force arrayed against them, the more likely Iraqi commanders will realize that resorting to chemical or biological weapons will not stave off defeat but simply put them before a tribunal once the war is over.’

‘The largest concentration of forces arrayed against Iraq is in Kuwait.’

‘You would find faith and righteousness arrayed against the forces of darkness and ignorance, tyranny and disbelief.’

‘Large, plush armchairs were arrayed around coffee tables.’

‘Hammers and anvils were arrayed in neat lines while stocky men in the background sweated over their jobs.’

‘The forces of the state should be arrayed against the forces of evil, but the state often benefits from actions by evildoers in order to enrich or bring glory to its leaders.’

‘These forces were arrayed across the battle-space in three forward operating bases, separated by approximately 40 kilometers.’

‘The main portion of the Greek army arrived in the city before the Persians could land and seeing the forces arrayed against them, they sailed away.’

‘Should we give up because powerful forces are arrayed against us?’

‘Cinna's consular colleague Cnaeus Carbo was in overall command of the forces arrayed against Sulla when he landed at Brundisium in 83.’

‘He knows that vast forces are arrayed against him.’

‘Throughout history, slaves have fashioned strategies of resistance that usually reflected a realistic assessment of the daunting forces arrayed against them.’

‘The forces arrayed against us would wither before a unified, spiritually fortified, determined people.’

‘The dancers, arrayed in awe-inspiring costumes and hideous masks, enact weird rituals before the village shrine.’

‘And the lady friends who are invited to the picnic are arrayed in the lightest of attire - gauzy looking white or coloured dresses that seem as though a puff of wind would float them away and leave their owners lamenting.’

‘He was arrayed in robes of black and scarlet and he wore a golden circlet on his head.’

‘In an effort to pass off Matthew as a commoner, he was arrayed in some outgrown clothes of Krist's: a long-sleeved beige shirt, very baggy indigo jeans, and red and white sneakers.’

‘Though there were empty seats about the house, the audience, with notable numbers of festive Bay Area residents arrayed in exotic Halloween costumes, responded with a prolonged ovation.’

‘The members of the teams were arrayed in fancy costumes, and devoted themselves to getting as much fun as possible out of the encounter, rather than serious cricket.’

‘On a happier note, just think of the gorgeous attire - both men and women arrayed in fabulous colours, with tartan to the fore.’

‘And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.’